遥か

Japanese

Kanji in this term
遥
はる
Jinmeiyō
kun’yomi
Alternative spelling
遙か (kyūjitai)

Pronunciation

    • (Tokyo) は​るか [háꜜrùkà] (Atamadaka – [1])[1]
    • IPA(key): [ha̠ɾɯ̟ᵝka̠]

    Adjective

    遥(はる)か • (haruka) -na (adnominal 遥(はる)かな (haruka na), adverbial 遥(はる)かに (haruka ni))

    1. faraway, distant
      その鳥(とり)は遥(はる)か彼方(かなた)に飛(と)んでいった。
      Sono tori wa haruka kanata ni tondeitta.
      That bird flew to a faraway place.
      遥(はる)かな未来(みらい)へ
      Haruka na mirai e
      to the distant future
      遥(はる)か未来(みらい)へ
      Haruka mirai e
      to the distant future

    Usage notes

    Both the form 遥か and 遥かな (or 遥かなる) are used, but they are not entirely interchangeable.

    Inflection

    Adverb

    遥(はる)か • (haruka) 

    1. far
      遥(はる)か遠(とお)く
      Haruka tōku
      far away

    References

    1. NHK Broadcasting Culture Research Institute, editor (1998), NHK日本語発音アクセント辞典 [NHK Japanese Pronunciation Accent Dictionary] (in Japanese), Tōkyō: NHK Publishing, →ISBN
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